Hello everybody!
Some stuff about the past:
I am doing game design as a hobby, your generic one-man indie developer.
In that hobby I like to explore, to do things out of the ordinary.
This lead me to the thought of developing 'a game without visuals'.
At first, this was just exploration in the art of game design for me,
but my slow brain finally drew the conclusion: "This can be played by blind people!".
So I thought: why not make the most out of it (in terms of people having fun - the game is completely free, not even in-app purchases ).
Some stuff about the present:
I have an 'open beta' of my game running here.
It requires the Unity3D browser plugin to play - if you do not have that, you will be asked to install it automatically.
It also requires stereo sound, but even your standard mp3-player headphones should suffice.
Blind Sensei is a minigame where you are a blind master of the martial arts, detecting enemies by their footsteps
and serving them the knuckle sandwich they deserve.
At the moment, it is still in the beta phase - even the name could still change. It also might not be very balanced, but being a student, I do not have the time for extensive playtesting myself.
Some stuff about the future:
Lucky for me, there is always the possibility of crowdsourcing - but I need the right crowd for that.
Actually my goal is twofold: Make some more people have fun with the game and get some feedback
from people that are trained in listening.
So far, the game seems to be quite difficult, I wonder if there will be a significant difference if I get some feedback from here.
If you give some feedback, let me thank you in advance!
In case you are having the same problems as my friends so far:
Controls
A - attack left
W - attack forward
D - attack right
In level 1 you have to beat 10 enemies coming from the front, it is meant as a tutorial.
In level 2, there are 15 enemies, also coming from the left and right.
From then on, there are 5 more enemies per level until level 4, from then on there are always 25 enemies per level.
There is a total of 8 levels with later levels playing on gravel and sand underground.
Now a small disclaimer:
I know very little about living a life without vision - if I offended somebody due to this ignorance, I apologise for that.
And please, do not just take this apology, but also call my attention to it so I can eradicate the flaw.
Now, a nice day to everybody, and have a few minutes of fun with my game!